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单词 caffling
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cafflingadj.

Origin: Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: cavilling adj.
Etymology: Perhaps a variant of cavilling adj.
Perhaps: = cavilling adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > frivolous, captious objection > [adjective]
captious1447
hafting1519
brabbling1549
cavillous?1571
cavillinga1576
caffling1591
cavilsome1611
cavillatory1641
1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso xlv. xcvii. 391 If I now put in some caffling clause, I shalbe caled vnconstant.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

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ˈcaffling
ˈcaffling n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] > in action
shuffling1579
paltering1580
boggling1640
prevarication1656
whifflinga1677
wriggling1866
caffling1877
sidestepping1902
pussyfooting1956
1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. 45/1 Noo none o' your cafflin', tell us all about it straight out.
extracted from cafflev.
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adj.1591
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